Overview
- The Department of Technical Education and SBTET of Andhra Pradesh declared the AP POLYCET Round 1 seat allotment on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, and published allotment orders on polycet.ap.gov.in and apsbtet.ap.gov.in.
- Candidates can log in with their hall ticket number and password to view and download the allotment order and related reports for admission processing.
- Allotted students must complete online self-reporting and appear for physical document verification at their allotted college by July 11, 2026, or their seat will be cancelled and reallocated in later rounds.
- Round 1 assignments were made using candidate ranks, the web options they submitted in counselling, reservation rules, and available seats, with SBTET estimates suggesting OC CS/IT closing ranks in top government polytechnics between about 1,750 and 6,000.
- About 177,581 candidates registered for POLYCET 2026, 163,008 sat for the exam and 148,950 qualified, and authorities plan further counselling rounds after Round 1 to fill remaining seats.